Experiences on Reimbursement of Classified Drugs in other Countries and Areas
- VernacularTitle:药品分类补偿的他国及地区经验
- Author:
Shanlian HU
;
Wen CHEN
;
Yabing ZHANG
;
Xiangguang GONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Prescription drugs;
Classified reimbursement;
Essential drug list
- From:
China Pharmacy
1991;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To provide references for the controlling of reimbursement of medicare drug expenditure in urban employees in China.METHODS:Referenced experiences were summed up from classified drug reimbursement acts in other countries and areas stated in the literature review.RESULTS&CONCLUSION:It is a common international policy to clas?sify drugs by quality and adopt different reimbursement ratio;most of the countries and areas would exclude the reimburse?ments of over-the-counter drugs;the purpose of classified drug payment and reimbursement was to increase the users'payment thereby to lessen the burden of the authorities on the expenditure of social medicare drugs;concerning the controlling of drug expenditure,measures only taken from the aspects of price setting,ratio of reimbursement and quantity of drug con?sumption can that be effective;analysis about advantages and disadvantages should be considered in the making of the re?forming policies about establishing pharmaceutical reference prices and setting up prescription fee and etc.
